No, I’m not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!
CHARLES DE GAULLEFor glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history?
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Never relinquish the initiative.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
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How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
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In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?
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A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
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